The North Sea, 11.30am CST, 16
June - Five Greenpeace activists from the ship MV Greenpeace
shut down an oil rig operated by the US oil company Conoco
in the North Sea early this morning. The Dutch, German and
British activists suspended a survival ...

Major Wellington roading
projects, such as Transmission Gully, have been dealt a
potentially fatal blow by political gameplaying by the
Transit New Zealand Board, says United Future leader, Hon
Peter Dunne.

Writing
Well, I presume, is near Walden Pond, where Henry Thoreau so
famously went to simplify life and cut the cackle. Anxious
to do a bit of cackle-cutting of my own I recently enrolled
in a course on copyediting and while shopping for my
textbooks ...

The decision that is being
made here in Matamata – and in Ashburton and Invercargill –
and in Hawera, is the most important commercial decision in
New Zealand’s history. It is the next logical stage in the
evolution of our dairy industry.

Thank you for inviting me
to speak to you. I don’t need to tell any of you that the
loss of indigenous biodiversity is the most pervasive
environmental issue facing New Zealand. For 78 years your
Society has been fighting to save New Zealand’s native
...

A well
known adviser and commentator in the electoral field, Alan
McRobie, has been given a special award by the Electoral
Commission in recognition of an outstanding contribution to
the public understanding of electoral matters over a number
of years.

Halting the two executions
-- one federal, one state -- scheduled for next Tuesday
would present an opportunity for the USA to begin to remedy
the damage done to its international reputation, Amnesty
International said today.

PRESIDENT KWASNIEWSKI: Mr.
President, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, once again,
I'd like to extend my words of welcome to all those
attending the press conference. And I wish to express my joy
upon the occasion of the official visit of the President
...

GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... we used
to have a very good rugby team in Auckland. Often as not,
they would win even when they played quite poorly. They'd
often go down a try or two early, but you could comfortably
bet that by the time they were sucking ...

Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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